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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Caspian on 06 Jun 2007, 22:44
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My brother recently got a new Page France album, and is now thrashing the crap out of it. Needless to say, I hate Page France- the excess of oestrogen, the whiny voice, the lack of anything remotely interesting.
But my hatred doesn't stop there- Sufjan Stevens, I'm From Barcelona (damn I hate this band so much), Kings of Convienience, The Boy Least Likely Too. These bands may seem fairly different, but they've got a few things in common, they:
are mellow and/or very tame
have extremely annoying, patronising hooks..Or have no hooks
are completely afraid to rock out
have no desire to experiment, or do anything very unique
are very pretensious
make you grow a vagina (if you already have one, you will grow another one. It's true!)
This thread is for people who are sick of lame, limp indie pop. Share your rant!
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Haha.
Hehehe.
Hahahahahahahaha.
Oh gosh, I needed that.
Thank-you kind sir.
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I protest this thread!
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It's really starting to seem like I'm the only person on this board who doesn't like twee music. Surely there are some other ones out there?
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I only like one of the artists you mentioned, and then I find his tweeness a detraction, but if you're going to complain about lack of inventiveness or experimentation I hate music that rocks out a lot more.
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I have no idea what anyone of those bands sound like but I suppose I can hate them on principle.
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I only like one of the artists you mentioned, and then I find his tweeness a detraction, but if you're going to complain about lack of inventiveness or experimentation I hate music that rocks out a lot more.
Really? I'd rather generic rocky music then generic mellow music. At least generic rock music has something to tap your toe to.
I have no idea what anyone of those bands sound like but I suppose I can hate them on principle.
Consider yourself extremely lucky that you haven't heard any of these bands. They all lick wang. :mrgreen:
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Sometimes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7QPBzAJ_io), twee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxzoDWY1PM) is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn6xdAfcGQo) awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__5arZg1fw).
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"are very pretensious [sic]"
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I love it how one of the criticisms I hear about twee is that it's music for pussies or wimps. How perfectly logical.
HAY GUYZ I HATE METAL AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT IT TURNS YOU INTO A DAYLIGHT HATING MEATHEAD
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Sufjan Stevens
make you grow a vagina
You have to have balls to wear fairy wings on stage and hope no one throws anything at you.
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I love Sufjan Stevens. I haven't grown a vagina yet.
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This seems like a good place to say that I think Tigermilk is one of the best albums of the 90s.
I don't like Sufjan Stevens one bit, but fail to see how he is "twee".
Oh, and: THE VASELINES. Come on. You can't hate them. It's not allowed.
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How can you not love im from barcelona?
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HAY GUYZ I HATE METAL AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT IT TURNS YOU INTO A DAYLIGHT HATING MEATHEAD
Be that as it may, listening to Belle and Sebastien will make your dick fall off. Sorry.
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listening to Belle and Sebastien will make your dick fall off. Sorry.
My ex-girlfriends would like a word with you.
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I hear they can do wonders with a needle and thread nowadays. Fingers, dicks...senses of humour, those they're still working on.
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I hope Sufjan gets to Hawaii or Alaska sometime, those should be really interesting.
Anyway, continue your rant...
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The Vaselines is a really stupid name for a band. But yeah, they are good.
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I guess Ramona Cordova might be a little bit twee, but aside from that I'm with you guys ... down with twee. (Ramona Cordova is magical, though.)
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I protest this thread!
Seconded. Not necessarily on the basis that any of these bands are great (I enjoy Page France), but I think you could put together a much better argument as to why the above bands are not good. I remain unconvinced.
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Maybe you're secretly gay?
I like a few of the artists mentioned, and I'm happy with them. You don't, and that's happy for you. You can rock out in your room, and I can put a cock in my womb. Anyway, I'm logging off now to go practice my pouting.
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HEY I ONLY LISTEN TO METAL AND NOW MY COCK IS LIKE 15 INCHES LONG
I KILLED A SEAL WITH IT THE OTHER DAY
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If I didn't listen to Strawberry Switchblade, Zombina and the Skeletones and The Smiths I would basically be completely unable to wear trousers.
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HEY I ONLY LISTEN TO METAL AND NOW MY COCK IS LIKE 15 INCHES LONG
I KILLED A SEAL WITH IT THE OTHER DAY
Was it an Endangered Species of Seal, if not you need to turn in your metal credentials...
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I think you lost your- oh shit where'd it go
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There it is, the bugger.
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Sometimes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7QPBzAJ_io), twee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxzoDWY1PM) is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn6xdAfcGQo) awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__5arZg1fw).
Why have I never heard of these people before? I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself.
You know, I like twee quite a lot really. But I still think Sufjan Stevens is actually a manly eugenicist dedicated to annihilating the reproductive organs of those unworthy of spawning. And can we really blame him for that?
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HEY I ONLY LISTEN TO METAL AND NOW MY COCK IS LIKE 15 INCHES LONG
I KILLED A SEAL WITH IT THE OTHER DAY
DAVE, TREY, ERIK AND PETE SEZ FUCK YEEEEEEAAAH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1TmPo35yM
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Sometimes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7QPBzAJ_io), twee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxzoDWY1PM) is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn6xdAfcGQo) awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__5arZg1fw).
Why have I never heard of these people before? I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself.
There's no reason you should have, really. They only produced one album and a few singles, and were pretty obscure in the UK, and even more so in the US (Though the Japanese fucking loved them apparently). I only know about them because Rose McDowell, the black haired one, was married to Drew McDowell of Psychic TV (and later Coil), and went on to work with people like Current 93, Death in June, Nature and Organisation and Nurse With Wound and indeed worked with Coil and Psychic TV herself. She was also in a strange 60's psychedelic pop band called Spell with none other than Boyd Rice himself. I discovered them primarily because Current 93 have covered 'Since Yesterday' twice (one rather creepy version with Dave Tibet on vocals and a spoken word intro by Boyd Rice, and one with McDowell herself on vocals and a much slower, guitar based arrangement which I do not hesitate to call 'sparkling'.)
Speaking of Current 93, I've always considered them to have an element of twee in their mix. All those songs about cats and horses, the artwork, the nursery rhymes...though thats got to be tempered by the fact that the kittens are frozen in the Somme, the horses are being used as a twin allegory for heroin and Jesus, the children in the artwork are crying and the nursery rhymes are being hissed over sound samples from Auschwitz and someone screaming 'JESUS WEPT!'.
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Joy has no place in music. When music is happy the listener and composer are thusly to be presumed gay.
jk
srsly tho wtf @ this thread. Why would you harbor such hatred towards bands that aren't overly dramatic and maybe just have some fun every once in a while?
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Your sn is a reference.
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If listening to twee makes you grow a vagina, than the only logical conclusion is that I should begin listening to twee in the interest of having a more interesting weekend.
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OH SHEET GUYZ, E.SPACEMAN SHOWED ME A HEAVENLY ALBUM AND NOW I HAS A VAGOO.
WUT I DOOZ NOW?
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Masturbate furiously?
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Man this is a dumbass thread. Like, really dumb.
The sexism, the homphobia, the apalling ignorance, the lack of taste.
truly I can not believe that this exists.
Shame.
Shame.
Shame.
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Oh, grow a cock.
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Sorry you cant see it currently, it's buried balls deep in your mum;s ass.
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Man this is a dumbass thread. Like, really dumb.
The sexism, the homphobia, the apalling ignorance, the lack of taste.
truly I can not believe that this exists.
Shame.
Shame.
Shame.
Some days this shit writes itself.
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grow a vagina
grow a cock
THEY ARE GENITALS NOT MOUSTACHES
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Sufjan Stevens
make you grow a vagina
You have to have balls to wear fairy wings on stage and hope no one throws anything at you.
Of course! Because all indie rock kids are homophobes, you know.
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I'm going to say that I certainly don't understand the appeal of twee, but hating on entire genres, especially with the whole homophobia thing, is stupid and ignorant. I don't understand why people listen to rap music either, but I'm not going to be one of those assholes who are still trying to argue that rap 'isn't music'. In fact, maybe I'd be able to find some rap music (or twee music, or any of the genres I've ignored) I'd actually like if I tried, but the thing is that I would rather spend my time searching out more bands in genres I already know I like rather than plunge into something entirely new.
But yeah. I don't like twee, but people who do can keep having fun with it I guess?
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Wait guys. I just had an idea.
Can we grow genital moustaches?
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But Storm, don't you know that listening to rap music turns you into a hooligan?
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I'm going to say that I certainly don't understand the appeal of twee, but hating on entire genres, especially with the whole homophobia thing, is stupid and ignorant. I don't understand why people listen to rap music either, but I'm not going to be one of those assholes who are still trying to argue that rap 'isn't music'. In fact, maybe I'd be able to find some rap music (or twee music, or any of the genres I've ignored) I'd actually like if I tried, but the thing is that I would rather spend my time searching out more bands in genres I already know I like rather than plunge into something entirely new.
But yeah. I don't like twee, but people who do can keep having fun with it I guess?
How on earth did any homophobia get dragged into this? I didn't say anywhere in my post that Twee Music is gay.
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Sorry you cant see it currently, it's buried balls deep in your mum;s ass.
Man, that is a dumbass post. Like, really dumb.
The sexism, the lack of insensitivity, the lack of grammar.
Shame.
Shame.
Shame.
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I already did that.
It's worth pointing out that this thread isn't really talking about twee half the time, in the sense of The Field Mice and Heavenly and Talulah Gosh and whatnot. The real hardcore (cuddlecore?) stuff. The stuff where the bands give the audience presents and wear pyjamas. Fey bible-bashers like Sufjan (or even Dave Tibet, who could probably be classified quite reasonably as such) have no real relation to that stuff. Twee as an actual phenomenon can be ridiculed for quite a number of reasons that do not involve its supposed emasculating nature, for example the fact that a lot of the time it is utterly, utterly vacuous.
Also, if you mix twee and rap, do you get like, twap? Or ree?
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I already did that.
It's worth pointing out that this thread isn't really talking about twee half the time, in the sense of The Field Mice and Heavenly and Talulah Gosh and whatnot. The real hardcore (cuddlecore?) stuff. The stuff where the bands give the audience presents and wear pyjamas. Fey bible-bashers like Sufjan (or even Dave Tibet, who could probably be classified quite reasonably as such) have no real relation to that stuff. Twee as an actual phenomenon can be ridiculed for quite a number of reasons that do not involve its supposed emasculating nature, for example the fact that a lot of the time it is utterly, utterly vacuous.
Also, if you mix twee and rap, do you get like, twap? Or ree?
I'm not quite sure, but I know i'd download it out of curiousity. tweep? And what it even be possible? I can't see how you could rap over twee. You could possibly twee over rap though. (Not quite sure what that means but I like the sound of it.)
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That's more what I was imagining. Also beats made up of samples of childrens show themes and toys.
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I imagine it's already been done before. It could be interesting, but most likely be really annoying.
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Twee ist Kraig apparently.
Also - Cuddlecore. Discuss.
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If your going to bust out a meme at least spell it right (http://black-metal-again.nnm.ru/_leben_ist_krieg_d_1)
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Twee ist Kraig apparently.
(http://www.spin.com/features/news/images/2006/07/060707_sufjan.jpg) = (http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/articles/chretro/29/11.png)?
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I think the closest thing to "twee rap" that has ever existed is Looper.
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Why hasn't anyone else commented on my genital moustache idea?
If we can copyright it it'll kill.
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And, of course, twee rap would be called "twip-hop".
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I already copyrighted the genital moustache idea two years ago when I got drunk and wondered whether I could shave and wax my pubes like a world war 2 pilots moustache.
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Fantastic. How much would it cost to buy into this venture?
I think if we could figure out a way to properly render handlebar moustaches down there and licensed them to twee musicians we wouldn't ever have this thread again.
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I'm pretty sure that if Khar watched this video he would actually have a seizure.
Personally, I think it's one of the best pop songs of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9GOyvE9Q88
And no, I don't think it's weird that I like ear-destroying atonal industrial noise-screaming and this. Perhaps it is the musical equivalent of being bisexual.
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Actually, I rather like her voice. There's this sort of undercurrent of ennui and longing in it despite the upbeat nature of the music and vocals that I find rather charming. I question the musics sincerity, but there's some genuine emotional content there a thousand lightyears away from the mainstream bubblegum pop I despise. The music isn't half bad either. Reminds me of a few bands I like. I wouldn't dismiss that song out of hand at all, though some elements of the video are a bit gut-wrenching. I think most people are failing to realise (owing to the colour of links on this forum), that my first posts contained concealed links to these videos by adorable 80's darlings of scottish synthpop, Strawberry Switchblade:
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7QPBzAJ_io),
Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxzoDWY1PM)
Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn6xdAfcGQo)
Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__5arZg1fw)
I will also go on record saying that, between the three versions of it I possess (one by SS, one by Current 93, two sung by Rose McDowell of SS) Since Yesterday is certainly within my 50 favourite songs of all time. I wish people would read everything if they want to take things so seriously. I mean come on people. I'm a queer. I wear nail varnish every day and I own Culture Club vinyl. I enjoy Ian Drury and early Madness. I would still fuck Marc Almond as he is today. It's not that I don't like fun, I just like a different sort of fun to most people.
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Wait guys. I just had an idea.
Can we grow genital moustaches?
I believe that's called pubic hair.
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Khar, would you agree that The Legendary Pink Dots most recent dozen or so albums have what could arguable be called a "twee" element to them? Because that just now occurred to me. And it's not just Ed's voice, either. I mean, listen to "Princess Coldheart".
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Could well be.
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I believe that's called pubic hair.
There's a difference between a pubic beard and a genital moustache.
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...and the difference is?
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One of them you take the time to style and shape into a mustache?
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I don't see why you couldn't do that with pubic hair. Just shave off everything 'till you're left with a mustache.
A friend of my sisters called the "shaving everything except a mound of hair above the genitals" (or whatever that's called) a "vagina goatee." So I say they're the same.
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Don't make us have to break out diagrams.
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Do it. I dare you.
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I hope Sufjan gets to Hawaii or Alaska sometime, those should be really interesting.
Anyway, continue your rant...
I can't wait until Sufjan Stevens gets to New York, because then he'll HAVE TO write something about Buffalo... Seriously, it sucks here. I want him to make us sound pretty.
To the original poster, maybe I like having a second vagina!
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I don't see why you couldn't do that with pubic hair. Just shave off everything 'till you're left with a mustache.
Yes, that's the idea.
Except no clumps. Moustaches. Fine, waxen moustaches. Gruff handlebar moustaches. Mutton chops, while not moustaches, are still within the realm of possibility.
Endless possibility.
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I am thinking, that a dude with a certain consistency and coverage of pubic hair, will be able to pull off the Pubic Lemmy.
I await the day someone attempts this, presuming somebody hasn't already.
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I've seen photos of a dude who had transformed his whole penis into a dragon with wings spreading across the tops of both hips via tattoos, piercing and scarification.
What I'm saying is, there is probably an international society of men with pubic lemmys who meet up in a bar in Amsterdam every other year to swap stories and flash hookers.
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But Storm, don't you know that listening to rap music turns you into a hooligan?
today some hooligans knocked over a dustbin in shaffsbury!
NO-ONE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKEEEEE
TO BE A DUSSSSTBINNN
IN SHAFFSBURY
WITH HOOOOOLIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANSSSS
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I've seen photos of a dude who had transformed his whole penis into a dragon with wings spreading across the tops of both hips via tattoos, piercing and scarification.
Now he has to find a woman with a dragon-shaped vagina.
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man, i remember the good old days when i could listen to whatever the hell i wanted, be it twee or not, and still maintain my genitals in their current state. Now its all bad ju ju.
I mean i listened to Neutral Milk Hotel and found erectile difficulties
i listened to franz ferdinand and i shrunk three inches
I listened to pantera and grew them back, plus a few more
I listened to Jack Johnson and grew a vagina
I listened to tool and it closed up and healed
i listened to sonic youth and suddenly im a squid down there
i had to listen to queen to clear it up
these reports are based on individual results, your results might vary
these results are also complete lies
basically, listen to whatever you want
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I'm not sure if Queen, of all things, would be considered good for your masculinity.
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Freddie Mercury's mustache would like a word with you.
The word is paaaaain
today some hooligans knocked over a dustbin in shaffsbury!
OH GOOD LORD THEY ARE BECOMING RUFFIANS
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i listened to sonic youth and suddenly im a squid down there
Are you suggesting that Sonic Youth gives you like sixteen goddamn dicks?
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I'm not sure if Queen, of all things, would be considered good for your masculinity.
that was the point. i had to get rid of the extras.
Are you suggesting that Sonic Youth gives you like sixteen goddamn dicks?
closer to ten, but you get the idea
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My turn on the Music [Genre] -> Genital Manifestation Correlation Thread:
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nah... I got nothing. Except for that title. Look at how bold and apt it is...
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i listened to sonic youth and suddenly im a squid down there
Are you suggesting that Sonic Youth gives you like sixteen goddamn dicks?
I heard that [Thurston Moore] motherfucker had like, 30 goddamn dicks
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I am thinking, that a dude with a certain consistency and coverage of pubic hair, will be able to pull off the Pubic Lemmy.
Don't forget the herpes.
(http://motoandmusic.pblogs.gr/files/7350--lemmy-.jpg)